Mode of making waistbands



(No Model.) H. WIRTHS.

MODE OF MAKING WAISTBANDS.

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a HNITED STATES PATENT O FIC I HUGO WIRTHS, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

, MODE OF MAKING WAISTBANDS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 352,967, dated November2-3, 1886, I

Application filed June 10, 1886. Serial No. 204,690. (No model.)

To (all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HUGO WIRTHS, of the city of Brooklyn, in the countyof 'Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Modeof Producing a Waistband for-Boys Knee-Pants, of which the followingspecification is a full, clear, and exact description.

This -invention relatesto a mode of producing a, waistband for boysknee-pants, by means of which the pants are attached to the jacket. Thewaistband is so constructed that the straps have a lateral play neartheinfree end within pockets and between the two thicknesses of theband, such straps being, moreover, preferably made out of one continuouspiece of elastic material.

The invention consists in the elements of improvement hereinafter morefully pointed out.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a front view of'my improvedwaistband. Fig. 2 is a rearrview of the same, showing the lining partlyunfolded. Fig. 3 is a sect-ion on the line .00 :10, Fig. 2.

The letters a b rep resent two strips of woven fabric, forming thewaistband, and united at their lower edge by a seannf, though entirelydisconnected at their upper edge. The inner strip, a-that is, the stripthat comes to lie against the garment-constitutes the lining, and isattached to the garment by means of a flap, a. The outer strip ispreferably made of a double thickness, Fig. 3, and has henis b I) turnedover in opposite directions along its upper and lower edge. The strips ab are united throughout their entire length by means of a seam orsuture, d, composed of a series of curved and connected sections, suchsec tions forming a series of open half-round pocko ets, e, as shown.

Viithin each pocket 6 there is attached a strap, 0, made preferablyofone continuous piece of elastic material, and having abuttonhole at oneend, as shown. Each strap 0 is attached at the lower end to the lowerend of its pocket e, by means of both the seams f and d, and is thussecurely held in place. At its upper or free end the strap 0 projectsout of its pocket, so as to be readily buttoned to the jacket.

It will be seen that the several straps 0, though properly separated,have a lateral play at their free end, and thus the waistband may beattached to jackets though the button-holes and buttons are notin linevertically. In this way the same waistband may be used with differentjackets.

I claim as my invention Themode of producing a waistband which consistsin connecting two strips, or b, by a lower seam, f, and by a curvedseam, d, that forms a series of open half-round contiguous pockets, 6,placed side by side between strips a b, and in attaching an elasticstrap, 0, within and at the bottom of each pocket, all being soconstructed that the straps c havea lateral play at their free ends,substantially as specified.

nuco wrnrns. Witnesses:

F. v. BRIESEN,

R. H. ROY.

